Another weekend comes, and all you have in your pocket to burn is a five dollar bill and a couple of Marlboro Lights.
Seems like the normal college student predicament I’m talking about, right? Wrong. It’s the millions of unemployed, laid off professionals and just plain unlucky folk feeling the financial freeze of the recession.
As one of those unlucky schmoes, I’m doing my best not to be annoyed by my lack of funds. I prefer to try and stick this out the best I can.
That being said, I can’t contain my astonishment as to how this mess happened after years of being fed that we’re the best country, with the best healthcare, and the best economy in the world.
Also, what blows my mind is the fact that somebody has a big idea to get us out of this depression, but nobody seems to like it down there in Congress.
The stimulus package proposed by President Barack Obama would purportedly provide capital to improve and build new bridges and roads, make and protect a large amount of jobs and generally help those in need.
Although this plan is backed completely by the Democratic Senate majority, the Republicans in Congress are raising the rabble of opposition.
Preceding president aside, I don’t remember hearing of such opposition for opposition’s sake.
Decreeing these to be “socialist ideals” is ignorant to the fact that this economy needs some kind of major stimulus package to bail us out of this misery.
I don’t understand how the same people who backed the copious spending of our 43rd president would rule out the 44th’s current plan because it includes a contribution to the National Endowment of the Arts.
God forbid we treat career artists with the same respect as those in the banking and auto industries!
People in Congress need to realize that although this is a big step and it may be scary, it is necessary to jump in and do something.
Although their actions baffle me, my bewilderment probably won’t help the situation, nor will blaming any former presidents.
We the people affected by the situation need to speak up for the changes we want.
We’re in the situation we are in, and the best way to deal with it is to look forward and enact resonable changes, without arguing politics of the past.
So keep scraping the lining of your pockets.
Keep asking the congressional conservatives when they’re going to help us out of this mess.
Keep waiting and hoping for the day when the only people eating Ramen noodles are college students — like it should be.
